Snapping turtles invade Japan
By kingsnake.com · August 11, 2014 5:46 am
It's not Godzilla threatening the Japanese ecosystem, but invasive snapping turtles.
From BBC News:
Snapping turtles originally come from the Americas, but turned up in Japan as pets in the 1960s, Kyodo news agency reports. Some turtles must have escaped to the wild, as there were an estimated 1,000 turtles roaming the Chiba Prefecture 10 years ago. The turtles have been classed in Japan as an invasive species and are eating up fish, bird and weed stocks, and chewing their way through fishermen's nets.Read more ...
